Blacking-brush.



To all 'w/wm it may concern.' V

' citizen of the United Lnoiraim F. WoLFEfoF NORTH W'EY'ivroUfrH,MAssAcHUsET'rs.

nLAcKrNG-BRUSH;

speeicatidn of Letters raf-entf Patented Apr. 29, 1913.v

Anpi'ieatio led'aprii 13, i911.' serial No. $20,925.

. a States, anda resident of North lVeyniouth, in the county of Nor- Beit known that I, LEN-ARD F.

folk and State of Massachusetts, have 'in vented certain newandusefulImprovements in' Hacking-Brushes, of which .the followng 1saspeciieation."

This invention relates to a' bootand shoe blacking brush having meansforcarrying a supply of'semi-liquid blacking or paste and fordischarging the-'same insinall-quantitie's as required-jamon 'the thebrush materia of the spreading ,portion or dauber of the-brush. 1 1

zhred with b lacking'as'required Without i110' the blacking A:troinhardening or. drying wlilestoed .on the brushi-j;

iTheinvention -iconsi'sts thel improve? rated from, others.; Figs.y 4,'and -vrepresent'] i side viewsoffthe daubing and polishing portionslof. the .brush "separated .jfrom "each, oiller; Fi s .6and`j7'representperspective' viewsof t e-,coupling,mer'nbers employed to Similarieferencecharaters indicate the sameorsimilarparts-.in allthe figures.

'E In'thedravvings, 12'represents vthe back of.

connect the dauber 'withthe' polishing por.-

: a blaking brush'd'auber, and 13 represents'- ith'e brush `inmaterial'mounted on sad! back, jsaid material being'preferably l'bristlesarranged intufts' asusual'and secured .in any' suitable' manner to theback, the latter being Q preferably 'coniposedv of -tyvo 'sectionsirigidly A:connected and the brush rhaterial being attached to the outersection. Y. Q The back 12 is provided' witha blacking duct `1 4 adapted`to conduct -blaclring vfrom bristles constitutiiif.:

, 'resili'ence ofthe nipple, l'The invention has for'its object toenable; a brushof this `character tobeconvenientlyity. of. soiling-thefingers during. fthe operation, andalso lto. provide means for,conveniently and properly forcing they blaok-4 ing vinto the brushmaterial and for prevent- V.the holder hereinbefore described anddeliver the same tothe lbrush material'lsaid duct belng preferably a'bent tube which extends froinoneedge ofthe back l2 to thevcen-tralpoi'tion of the sanie, and from thence outwardly to and beyondthe outer side'of the back,the delivering end of the duct pro- Jeetmgamong the bristles 13.

' l5 represents a nipple,preferably of seniielastic construction, formedto embrace the -dellvering' end of the duct 14 and projecting from thelatter, as shown -by Figs. -l and 2,

said nipple having a narrow slit I6 in its vouteltend.which.is-normallyolosed by the and is adapted to be Aopened-by'l pressureofthe blacking against its inner surface, the sides of the sl1t closingwhen there is no 'pressure on thefblackin'g andexcl'uding 'air' -fromthe interior of the vnipple 'and from the duct.

czientlybeyon'dj 'the duct to enable it to bend freely when pressed.'against' the'surface of the boot or shoe.

The .receiving end 'of' thef duct `projects 'outwardlyfrom the'edge ofthe .back 12 and is be'veleal;- or sharpened to 'constitute alcutterVA17 adaptedto penetrate a' ruptur'able seal or "-clo'sre nfh'eiaangemeld@ hereinafter described.

To thefedgeofthe back- 12 is rigidly atL tached afdsocketcomposed ofafdisk 18;,and. a screvvnthreaded flange 18a. 'The disl. is pref'-vefrably attached "rigidly tof.' the duct 14, and

the 'flange 18a' surrounds the cut-ter l7, 'a`s c leai'lyshown by Fig,3.

V19 represents a barrel which is preferably a length of sheet metaltubing having an eX'- -ternal screw-thread 19a at one', end adapted-.t'o' engage the 'socket flange 18a. The opposite Aend of the barrel 19is provided with an inwardly projecting I lange 20L f The barrel 1-9 isadapted torec'eive a 'tubular cartridge vcontaining a charge ofblacking.[Said car? tridge 'is composed of ajtubularl body -21 adapted ,to bear'atfnelfend against the flange' 20 and :provided 'near its opposite endwith an inwardly rojectingshoulder 22and. -vvith ahead 23 W ih'maybe'comp'osedof .any suitable'material such as `felt and is' Theouter'endofthenipple projects suiii deliyering end'of the provided'withafcentralaperture 24. The

,head 23 bears against the shoulder 22 and'is prevented the latter ,frombeing pressed.

' inwardly.

l. Y. 25 represents a rupturable seal 4which may l'loj the duetprojecting from the back and being formed asa cutter, a.cartridge-holding barrel deiaeliably secured t0 the back, the cutting'endof the tbe projecting into said barrel. a piston movablegiiijthebarrel,a11d ,meansofgproJeetmg .and ret-ractlng the plston, die 'barrel'being provided -witlifmeansfor pres-sm a blacklng cartridge agamst'theentrer.

3. A blaeking brush comprising a1 back,

brosh material; projecting therefrom, aj

bl'acking duet"exteuding throtigh the'back to the brush material, the'receivingend ofV the tube projecting from the back and be' ing formedas a entier, a cartridge-holder manposed of a screw -threaded socketIattached to theback and surrounding-the said Cutter. a barrel sere".-tln'eaded at. one end to dotar-habla'*engage the socket` and adapted-`to receive a cartridge, said barrel having a flange at' its oppositeend adapted to bear-'011- one. 'end o't an inserted cartridge and forcethe onositeend thereof Vagainst the said,

cutter, head rotatable on the Outer end of the barrel and provided withla nut, and a piston ada'pted to .enter a' cartridge11n; the

barreland provided with a; screw-threaded."

and surrounding the receit'fingQ-eidbfgthe A tube, said end being formedas "a -cttelgfa cartridge-holding barrel screttfthreaded' at.Y

one end to 'engage the socketf'faid provided at its opposite end with aninwardly proje'cting flange, 'and a head rotatable on the. i

:of a cartridge, 'by a movement which with? said barrel and providedvwith a nut, a vcar- :trid'g'e composed of a .tulieiUsertbIe in said.-

barrelg'and-adapted to bear'at one end 'on said flange, the tube `beingprovided with a rupturable closureadapted 'to be penetrated bysaidcutter,l and with a stopper'adapted to serve. as an ejector, andascrew-threaded piston rodengaged l'with said nut and formed at. itsinner'end to bear on 'Said stopper;`

In a'blacking brush', in combination. a

.dauber, a cartridgefliolding barrel attached to the back of the'dauberand projecting therefrom, ablackmg c'artridgelremovably inserted 1n thebarrel,- means "for conductmg `blacking fromthe cartridge -to .iliebrush materiall of the dau'bcr, a piston moi-able in trau-ting the rodand piston,-and a polisl1- ing brush' having a back provided with aseatfor tli'e ba-rrel, andwith-a: handle. pro- Vvided with an elongatedSocket'adaptedto Areceive therod when the flatter' 1s retracted,thebacks of thedanbera'n'd polishing brush being providedwith-complemental conpl-ing members formed topermit the separationof 55.the cart-ridge and having a rod, means carried bv the barrel for-'projecting and re.

the dauber and tsffattacliment's from the poll ishngbrush, to expose theouter end of the barreland permit the -removal-'and insertion' draws-the' rod from' the socket, the` rod beingl protected-,by the handlewllen the part-snare operativelyassembled.-

